Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Home Repair (alt.home.repair) For all homeowners and DIYers with many experienced tradesmen. Solve your toughest home fix-it problems. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Sweating 1" copper tee
One of the legs develop a pinhole leak at the junction between the coupling
and the 1" pipe about one drop every minute 24 hours after sweating. Another 24 hours later the leak had stopped. What's going on? Should I re-sweat that joint? |
#2
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Sweating 1" copper tee
Jack wrote: One of the legs develop a pinhole leak at the junction between the coupling and the 1" pipe about one drop every minute 24 hours after sweating. Another 24 hours later the leak had stopped. What's going on? Should I re-sweat that joint? Leak sealed up with hard water deposits...............one of the blessings of hard water Should I re-sweat that joint?, How difficult a location to redo the work? How damaging of the leak got really bad? I hate to admit it but in my own houses I have (only a very few times) just left something like this alone & considered myself lucky. Haven't had it bite me (yet) I would never leave something like this in work for someone else, the risk is too high. But for my own work, the repair guy is right there..................... cheers Bob |
#3
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Sweating 1" copper tee
"BobK207" wrote in message oups.com... Jack wrote: One of the legs develop a pinhole leak at the junction between the coupling and the 1" pipe about one drop every minute 24 hours after sweating. Another 24 hours later the leak had stopped. What's going on? Should I re-sweat that joint? Leak sealed up with hard water deposits...............one of the blessings of hard water Should I re-sweat that joint?, How difficult a location to redo the work? How damaging of the leak got really bad? I hate to admit it but in my own houses I have (only a very few times) just left something like this alone & considered myself lucky. Haven't had it bite me (yet) I would never leave something like this in work for someone else, the risk is too high. But for my own work, the repair guy is right there..................... I have done exactly the same thing; repaired a tiny leak for someone else, but left my own. Glad to know I am not the only neurotic. |
#4
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Sweating 1" copper tee
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 03:40:56 GMT, "Toller" wrote:
"BobK207" wrote in message roups.com... Jack wrote: One of the legs develop a pinhole leak at the junction between the coupling and the 1" pipe about one drop every minute 24 hours after sweating. Another 24 hours later the leak had stopped. What's going on? Should I re-sweat that joint? Leak sealed up with hard water deposits...............one of the blessings of hard water Should I re-sweat that joint?, How difficult a location to redo the work? How damaging of the leak got really bad? I hate to admit it but in my own houses I have (only a very few times) just left something like this alone & considered myself lucky. Haven't had it bite me (yet) I would never leave something like this in work for someone else, the risk is too high. But for my own work, the repair guy is right there..................... I have done exactly the same thing; repaired a tiny leak for someone else, but left my own. Glad to know I am not the only neurotic. That's not neurotic. You really should have good or high standards when you work for someone else. You often can have lower standards to when you work for yourself. You'll check at appropriate times to see if it starts leaking again. The other guy won't. Even if he is not paying you, you implicity promised the other guy you'd do a good job. You didn't promise yourself nuttin'. If there is a leak again, you'll know exactly where to look first. The other guy won't. If the other guy drowns when the T drips, it's your fault. If you drown, serves you right. |
#5
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Sweating 1" copper tee
If I had a solder joint that was leaking after I did it, I would just
fix it the right way, whether it's my own house or someone elses. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Is burning copper dangerous | Home Repair | |||
Sweating large diameter copper pipe | Home Repair | |||
Sweating Copper w/ O/A?? | Metalworking | |||
Aluminum wiring... | Metalworking | |||
Determining Geologic Sources of Native American Copper | Metalworking |